EP0782929A2 - Imprimante à deux unités d'impression différentes - Google Patents

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EP0782929A2
EP0782929A2 EP96305949A EP96305949A EP0782929A2 EP 0782929 A2 EP0782929 A2 EP 0782929A2 EP 96305949 A EP96305949 A EP 96305949A EP 96305949 A EP96305949 A EP 96305949A EP 0782929 A2 EP0782929 A2 EP 0782929A2
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Sang-Heon Koo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/36—Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • B41J15/08—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles characterised by being applied to printers having transversely- moving carriages
    • B41J15/14—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles characterised by being applied to printers having transversely- moving carriages and detached from the carriage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/54—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
    • B41J3/546—Combination of different types, e.g. using a thermal transfer head and an inkjet print head

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  • the present invention relates to a printer, and more particularly, to an improved printer capable of continuously printing a picture and text.
  • sublimation-type thermal transfer printer there are a sublimation-type thermal transfer printer, an inkjet printer and a laser printer.
  • the sublimation-type thermal transfer printer includes an ink sheet of which surface is sequentially coated with yellow, magenta, cyan and black in general, a heating head for heat-pressing the ink sheet according to a predetermined recording signal, and rollers for guiding a paper while each color of the ink sheet is sequentially printed in a superimposing manner.
  • the inkjet printer includes a reservoir for containing ink, a head comprising a plurality of nozzles for ejecting the ink provided from the reservoir, and an ejecting means for ejecting the ink through each nozzle to a paper.
  • the laser printer includes a laser diode for radiating light, a polygonal rotating mirror for reflecting the light radiated from the laser diode, a photosensitive drum of which a predetermined portion is exposed to the light, a developing unit for developing a surface of the photosensitive drum with developing material, and a transferring unit for transferring the developed image of the developing material on the photosensitive drum to a paper.
  • the text image is primarily printed on a paper by means of one of the above-mentioned printers and then the picture is cut and pasted on the text printed paper. Accordingly, in printing the ID or credit card using the above printers, it has been burdensome that the picture must be additionally attached after the text is printed.
  • a printer comprising:
  • Said text print means may include:
  • said text print means may include:
  • Said paper feeding means may comprise:
  • said paper feeding means may comprise:
  • the printer further comprises transfer means for transferring said cartridge from one side of said platen drum to the other side thereof.
  • said transfer means comprises:
  • Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of a printer according to the present invention.
  • the printer includes a picture print means 100 for printing images such as graphics on a portion of a paper 31 and a text print means 200 for printing a text on the other portion of the paper 31.
  • the picture is first printed by the picture print means 100, and then the text is printed by the text print means 200.
  • the picture print means 100 comprises a cylindrical platen drum 10, a cartridge 41 installed at one side of platen drum 10 and containing an ink sheet 42 where inks of various colors are surface-sequentially coated, paper feeding means for feeding paper 31 between the platen drum 10 and the ink sheet 42, and a recording head 40 for subliming the ink of the ink sheet 42 by heat-pressing the ink sheet 42 according to a predetermined recording signal and making the sublimed ink absorb onto a portion of the paper 31.
  • the recording head 40 can be rotated by means of a predetermined driving means and be released from the cartridge 41.
  • color inks of yellow (Y), cyan (C), magenta (M) and black (B) are surface-sequentially formed as shown in Figure 4.
  • the paper feeding means comprises a paper cassette 30 where the papers 31 are stacked, and a semicircular cam 32 for transferring the paper 31 on top of the paper stack contained in paper cassette 30 toward the platen drum 10.
  • the semicircular cam 32 is rotatably driven by means of a predetermined driving means.
  • guide rollers 11a, 11b and 11c for guiding the paper 31 are installed.
  • the text print means 200 for printing text on the paper 31 ejected from the platen drum 10 is provided at one side of the platen drum 10.
  • an inkjet printer is employed for the text print means 200, which comprises a reservoir 21 for containing ink, a recording head 22 having a multitude of nozzles for ejecting the ink supplied from the reservoir 21 according to a predetermined recording signal, and an ink ejection means for ejecting the ink.
  • the ink ejection means is provided with a heating member (not shown) for heating the ink, and thus, the ink is ejected due to pressure of bubbles occurring during the heating.
  • the transfer means comprises a guide rod 71 installed in parallel with a rotation axis of the platen drum 10 and coupled with the cartridge 41 by a support piece 80, for guiding the sliding of the cartridge 41, a screw 72 installed in parallel with the guide rod 71 and screw-coupled with the cartridge 41, and a driving motor 70 for rotating the screw 72.
  • the support piece 80 connected with the cartridge 41 is hanged on the guide rod 71 so as to be capable of sliding. Accordingly, the cartridge 41 driven by the driving motor 70 can be moved in a direction of the rotation axis of the platen drum 10.
  • the transfer means is for selectively moving the cartridge 41 according to a position of a picture print portion 31a on the paper 31, as shown in Figures 3A and 3B.
  • a sheet of paper 31 in the paper cassette 30 is transferred toward the platen drum 10, while being closely pressed to the platen drum 10 by the guide roller 11a. Then, the recording head 40 is rotated toward the platen drum 10 to heat-press the ink sheet 42 according to a predetermined recording signal.
  • yellow (Y) (see Figure 4) is printed on the picture print portion 31a of the paper 31, shown in Figure 3A. After the printing of the yellow (Y) is completed, both the platen drum 10 and the guide roller 11a reversely rotate till the yellow (Y) printed paper is replaced at a initial position before printing.
  • the recording head 40 is rotated to be released and a cyan (C) portion ( Figure 4) is placed at the printing position by winding the ink sheet 42 in one direction.
  • the platen drum 10 and the guide roller 11a rotate again in a original direction, and thus the paper 31 is re-fed.
  • the recording head 40 is rotated back and heat-presses the ink sheet 42 to print the cyan (C) onto the yellow (Y) printed paper 31.
  • magenta (M) and black (B) printing are each carried out in the same manner. Accordingly, each color is printed to be overlaid with each other at the picture print portion 31a on the paper 31.
  • the paper 31 is transferred by the guide roller 11b and 11c toward the text print means 200, i.e., the inkjet printer, while guided by a guide plate 14.
  • the ink is ejected to a text print portion 31b of Figure 3A and a text is printed.
  • the paper 31 is ejected through transfer rollers 12 and 13.
  • a paper feeding means comprises a roll 60 where a paper 61 is continuously wound, and a pair of rollers 62 and 63 for press-transferring the paper 61.
  • a cutter 64 for cutting the paper 61 after the picture and text printing is completed.
  • the picture and text printing is performed following the above sequence.
  • a text print means 300 comprises a photosensitive drum 50 on whose surface a photoconductive film is formed, a charger 51 for charging the surface of the photosensitive drum 50, a laser diode 54 for radiating light to the surface of the charged photosensitive drum 50, a developing unit 52 for developing the surface of the photosensitive drum 50 with a developing material, and a transferring unit 53 for transferring the developed image of the developing material onto the paper 31.
  • the operation of the picture print means 100 will be omitted since the operation is the same as that of the picture print means 100 of Figure 1.
  • the paper 31 where a picture is printed is transferred by means of the guide roller 11c and a transfer roller 11d toward the text print means 300.
  • a surface of the photosensitive drum 50 is charged by the charger 51.
  • Light is radiated from the laser diode 54 and the light arrives on the surface of the photosensitive drum 50 via a reflection mirror 55.
  • an electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 50.
  • a developing material is coated from the developing unit 52 on the electrostatic latent image of the photosensitive drum 50.
  • the developing material coated on the photosensitive drum 50 is transferred by the transferring unit 53 to the text print portion 31b (see FIGs. 3A and 3B) of the paper 31, thereby absorbing onto the surface of the paper 31.
  • the developing material transferred to the paper 31 is fixed through fixing rollers 90.
  • a roll 60' where a paper 61' is wound and transfer rollers 62' and 63' for transferring the paper 61' are employed as a paper feeding means.
  • a cutter 64' for cutting the paper 61' is further provided. The operation of the printer of this embodiment is the same as that of the printer shown in Figure 2.
  • the printer according to the present invention is capable of continuously printing both a picture and text information.

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KR0165339B1 (ko) 1999-05-01
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